There's Set Photos Of Lady Gaga As Harley Quinn In "Joker: Folie Á Deux" And She Definitely Looks The Part

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Obviously, you're looking forward to the upcoming Joker sequel, Joker: Folie á Deux.

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You're also probably especially interested in seeing what Lady Gaga does with the role of Harley Quinn.

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Well, wonder no longer — the film is currently shooting in New York City, and now we have our first on-set look at Gaga as Harley.

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In the snaps, we can see Gaga wearing a sharp red blazer with what looks like a checkered corset(?) underneath — as well as, of course, a touch of Harley's traditional clown makeup.

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She's wearing it well.

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Gaga's take on Harley is pretty different from Margot Robbie's previous depiction of the character — for comparison, here's how she looked in the pretty good Birds of Prey from 2020:

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In case you're wondering, though, Margot's already given Gaga's take her own personal stamp of approval.

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“It makes me so happy,” she told MTV News, “because I said from the very beginning that all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters the way…like, Macbeth or Batman always gets passed from great actor to great actor."

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We'll see how Gaga fares when Joker: Folie Á Deux hits theaters next year.

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